TEACHING ONLINE
Online instruction by Vince Corozine
Jazz Arranging 1 Syllabus
(Arranging for Small Groups: 1-3 Horns and Rhythm Section)
Jazz Arranging 1 is specifically designed for the serious student who wants to arrange on the professional level. The student will have on-line direct contact with Vince Corozine, the instructor who is an accomplished arranger and composer with years of experience as a jazz musician. Under Vince's tutelage, the student will find this course challenging and rewarding.
Prerequisite
The student should have a working knowledge and understanding of the concepts presented in Music Theory 1, 2, and 3 and Jazz Theory.
Materials Needed
Keyboard and access to Sibelius music software program. Worksheets and review quizzes as needed.
Textbook: Arranging Music for the Real World
Assignments will be given with each chapter and the work will be tailored to fit the needs of the student.
Lesson 1: Harmonic Series
- Jazz Forms
- Harmonic Series
- Low Interval Limits
- Notation Hints
- Melody Writing
- The Seven Modes
- Non-Chordal Tones
- Rhythmic Concepts
- High Tension Notes
Lesson 2: Introductions and Endings
- Turn Arounds
- Vamps
- Free Time
- Pyramids
- Tags
- Fermatas
- Staccato
- Writing Bass Lines
Lesson 3: Accents, Breaks, Stop Timing
- Accents
- Breaks
- Dynamics
- Style Changes
- Tempo Changes
- Stop Timing
- Jazz Melody Writing
Lesson 4: Form Changes and Rhythm Section Styles
- Ballad
- Swing
- Latin
- Jazz Waltz
- Jazz/Rock
- Bass Lines
Lesson 5: Background Writing
- Cartwheel Technique
- Swing
- Ballad
- Waltz
- Latin
- Sequences
- Modulation
Lesson 6: One-Part Writing
- One Instrument
- Unison and Octave Doubling
- Alternating Phrases
- Overlapping Lines
Lesson 7: Writing for Two Parts
- The Challenge
- Combining Colors
- Ostinato
- Duet
- Consonance and Dissonance
- Combining Intervals
Lesson 8: Motion Types
- Contrary
- Oblique
- Similar
- Parallel
- Tessitura
- Contemporary Usage of Parallel Octaves
- Crossing of Parts
Lesson 9: Seven Methods for Achieving Variety with Two Parts
- Unison
- Octaves
- Other Intervals
- Melody with Counter-melody
- Imitation with Overlapping Phrases
- Suspensions
- Pedal-Point
Lesson 10: Small Group Writing
- 1-3 Horns and Rhythm Section
